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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:18:50 +0000
From: "Sian January" <sianjanuary@googlemail.com>
To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org, geir@pobox.com
Subject: Re: FW: [build] Building on Eclipse - FYI
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I have added an updated patch to Harmony-2009.  Please let me know any
comments on the changes.  The DRLVM section is quite small at the moment as
I haven't done any work with DRLVM myself, so if I've missed any steps
please let me know about that too.

Thanks,

Sian


On 09/11/06, Geir Magnusson Jr. <geir@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Egor Pasko wrote:
> > On the 0x21C day of Apache Harmony Sian January wrote:
> >> Hello again,
> >>
> >> I have had a closer look at the  "Developing Apache Harmony
> Class-library
> >> Code with Eclipse" page, and I have noticed that the "Configuring
> Eclipse"
> >> and "Develop and Test Code" sections are quite class-library specific.
> >> Would it be better to leave those sections as they are and add a
> "Developing
> >> DRLVM with Eclipse" section on the same page?
> >
> > To the moment I am not aware of anybody who would use Eclipse for
> > DRLVM development. So, it's too early to add a page like this.
>
> This will ensure that no one does then - if it's simple to add, lets add
> it...
>
> geir
>
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Sian
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 07/11/06, Konovalova, Svetlana <svetlana.konovalova@intel.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Sian,
> >>> Sorry for delay in response.
> >>>> I'd like to help with documentation but I don't want to duplicate any
> >>> work
> >>>> that you are in the middle of, so let me know if there's anything
> >>> specific >I can do...
> >>> Thanks for your desire to help!
> >>> Well, let's work at the page "Developing Apache Harmony Class-library
> >>> Code with Eclipse"
> >>> [
> http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/subcomponents/classlibrary/dev_ecli
> >>> pse.html] first, if you do not mind.
> >>> AFAIK the majority of items on the page can equally apply to DRLVM and
> >>> classlib. IMHO would be great to edit the page to remove unnecessary
> >>> focus on classlib, to make the page equally relevant for vm
> developers.
> >>> To my mind, the introductory sections should be removed, as they are
> >>> about generalities that do not always relate to the header of the
> page.
> >>> Could you please take a close look at the page and create the patch to
> >>> improve the content and to remove all classlib-specific info? You can
> >>> use Harmony-2009 for it. It would be a great impact into development
> of
> >>> the site documentation for sure! If you need my help, just let me
> know.
> >>> The second idea is to move the page up, not to store it in
> >>> subcomponents/classlib. To make it easily accessible, we can store it
> in
> >>> top xdocs folder and link to the page from documentation.html, quick
> >>> helps and other build-development web pages.
> >>> If you do not have any objections, I can create a patch with the
> >>> necessary links.
> >>> What do you think?
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Sveta
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Sian January [mailto:sianjanuary@googlemail.com]
> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:23 PM
> >>> To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [build] Building on Eclipse - FYI
> >>>
> >>> Hi Sveta,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for all your work on this.  I think you're right about the
> >>> Eclipse
> >>> information - I think most of it is fairly generic and it would be
> good
> >>> to
> >>> have it in the "Project Documentation" section.  I believe the new
> >>> details
> >>> about the ecj jar and the PDE-related settings are classlib-specific
> (-
> >>> Dpde.jreProfile=none etc), but that could probably be mentioned in the
> >>> document.
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to help with documentation but I don't want to duplicate any
> >>> work
> >>> that you are in the middle of, so let me know if there's anything
> >>> specific I
> >>> can do, or if you're nearly finished then I can leave this area to you
> >>> and
> >>> get involved in the future.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Sian
> >>>
> >>> On 31/10/06, Konovalova, Svetlana <svetlana.konovalova@intel.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> Sian,
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you so much for your positive feedback and appreciating the
> >>> page.
> >>>> This page is only related to classlib. But IMHO many of the things
> are
> >>>> pretty generic, and with minimal edits can be fit
> >>>> for VM as well. I suggest that we move this doc up to make it more
> >>>> visible and edit it so as to apply to the whole project, rather than
> >>> to
> >>>> classlib only. To my mind, the "Project Documentation" section is a
> >>> good
> >>>> place
> >>>> for this doc
> >>>>
> >>> [http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/documentation/documentation.html
> ].
> >>>> How about that?
> >>>>
> >>>> As for the "GS with DRLVM" doc, it needs an update, and can be
> >>> abridged
> >>>> to reduce purely eclipse-oriented content. We can remove unnecessary
> >>>> screenshots as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> Feel free to take an active part in updating the doc, if you have
> time
> >>>> and desire :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>> Sveta
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Sian January [mailto:sianjanuary@googlemail.com]
> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:14 PM
> >>>> To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
> >>>> Subject: Re: [build] Building on Eclipse - FYI
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Sveta,
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for doing that - I have had a look through your patch and it
> >>>> looks
> >>>> really good.
> >>>>
> >>>> Your suggestions for changes to the DRLVM document look good too.  I
> >>>> couldn't really find any good links for getting started with Java
> >>>> programming in Eclipse on their website, the only thing that came
> >>> close
> >>>> was
> >>>> this - http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp, which has some
> >>> getting
> >>>> started tutorials within the page.  There might be some better
> >>> articles
> >>>> out
> >>>> there on other sites though, or we could just direct people to the
> >>> help
> >>>> system or 'cheat sheets' within their Eclipse installation.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Sian
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sian January
> >>
> >> IBM Java Technology Centre, UK
> >
>


-- 
Sian January

IBM Java Technology Centre, UK

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